Siskiyou Union High School - White and Gold Yearbook (Weed, CA)

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SI-IASTA NATIGNAL FOREST The enchantment of Mount Shasta grows with every look and every climb through all the seasons of the year. Since the construction of Shasta Dam and the formation of Shasta Lake this enchant- ment has been spread farther and farther. The lingers of Shasta Lake formed by the streams rising on three sides of the mountain and fed with the snows from its perpetual glaciers are like a mounting for a beautiful jewel. By act of Congress, Shasta Lake became a part of the Shasta National Forest on July l, 1948. Along the 565 miles of lake shore grow a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and plants including many beautiful flowering shrubs and wild flowers. The forest cover is best de- veloped along the upper reaches of the lake, where dense stands of second- growth conifers are interspersed with patches of virgin timber. It includes Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, Jeffrey pine, and white fir. A broadleaf woodland type is found in the moist canyons and on some north slopes. It consists of black oak, live oak, blue oak, and big-leaf maple. At- tractive flowering shrubs, such as azalia, flowering dogwood, styrax and ceanothus are abundant and add much to the beauty of the area during their flowering season. Many species of wildlife find habitat in the watershed lands of the recreational area. Black-tailed deer and black bear are the common big game animals, while cougars, bobcats, Coyotes, otters and foxes complete the list of the larger mammals. Among the smaller ani- mals are rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels and many others. A small herd of Yellowstone elk ranges around the head of Pit River and Squaw Creek. Bird life abounds in the land area, but the water birds are the most conspicuous by reason of their greater size and ease of observation. Here one interested in birds is able to observe and study gulls, Farallon cormorants, great blue herona, egrets, American mer- gansers, belted kingfishers, ospreys, golden eagles, and a limited variety of wild ducks including the rare wood ducks. Top right: SUNSET ON SHASTA LAKE. Boftcm right: 'KMOUNTAINS THAT LIKE GIANTS STAND TO SENTINEL ENCHANTED LAND.f' Lady of the Lake, Sir Walter Scott. Q I4

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SHASTA DISTRICT Y.M.C.A. A boy enroute from a Y.M.C.A. Conference remarked to his pals, I did not know the students of other high schools could be so friendly. It is true that they can be when a favorable environment is provided. Bring together 125 boys and girls from different high schools, entertain them as guests in homes, provide a worth-while program of addresses and discussions, let them mingle in social activities and have an entire day in which to get acquainted with each other and with their hosts-then Watch friendships develop. Y.M.C.A. Conferences have provided these friendship-making opportunities over a long period of years for students of the Siskiyou High School District. At Richardson Springs, at the Shasta District Conference, at the Annual Snow Sports Program and on other occasions, students have discovered the reality of the fellowship which develops under Y.M.C.A. auspices.

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